VOCAB
TYPES OF SHOTS
FUN
100

A SERIES OF DRAWINGS THAT SHOW HOW A MOVIE OR SCENE WILL LOOK BEFORE IT’S FILMED.

What is a storyboard?

100

A SHOT THAT SHOWS A CHARACTER’S FACE OR A SMALL DETAIL VERY CLEARLY. IT HELPS THE AUDIENCE SEE EMOTIONS OR IMPORTANT OBJECTS UP CLOSE.

What is a Close-Up?

100

The name of the musical crab in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?

Sebastian

200

EVERYTHING THE CAMERA SEES IN ONE SINGLE IMAGE.

What is a Frame?

200

SHOWS A CHARACTER FROM THE WAIST UP. THIS SHOT IS USEFUL FOR SHOWING BODY LANGUAGE AND HOW A CHARACTER IS INTERACTING WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

What is a Medium Shot?

200

Jim Carry plays a hairy creature that despises a holiday.

The Grinch

300

ONE VIEW OR ANGLE CAPTURED BYTHE CAMERA. MOVIES ARE MADE UP OF MANY SHOTS PUT TOGETH

What is a SHOT?

300

SHOWS THE ENTIRE BODY OF A CHARACTER ALONG
WITH SOME OF THE SETTING. IT HELPS THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE SCENE IS TAKING PLACE.

What is an Wide Shot?

300

This 2025 movie is a live-action addition to the franchise of a very popular sandbox game.

What is the A Minecraft Movie

400

TO SHARE YOUR IDEA WITH OTHERS IN A CLEAR AND EXCITING WAY. IT’S HOW FILMMAKERS EXPLAIN WHAT THEY WANT TO MAKE.

What is a Pitch?

400

This 2024 sequel to a popular animated movie features Amy Poehler as Joy.

Inside Out 2

500

A professional who creates and records everyday sound effects for films, television shows, and video games during post-production.

What is a Foley Artist?

500

This book features a young wizard, who goes to wizard school with a ginger kid and nerd girl. They play wizard chess.

Harry Potter: Sorcerers/ Philosophers Stone